Facts and features
Name: Pickering & Sierra RR
Scale: HO (1:87.1), HOn3, dual gauge, and HOn21⁄2 (dummy)
Size: 20′-7″ x 23′-3″
Prototype: freelanced, inspired by Pickering Lumber Co. and Sierra Ry.
Locale: Sierra Nevada mountains
Era: 1920s to 1940s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 220 feet
Minimum radius: 17″ (logging)
Minimum turnout: No.4
Maximum grade: 4%
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 36″ to 57″
Roadbed: plywood and Homasote
Track: Shinohara code 83 (Sierra Ry.), code 70 (Pickering Lumber Co. and dual gauge)
Scenery: plaster over Styrofoam
Backdrop: commercial, photos, and hand-painted
Control: DC and Digitrax DCC
